Scientists from Imperial College, London, have made an important evolutionary link between the two powerhouse protein complexes that drive photosynthesis. This shared evolutionary adaptation may have ...

Conifers such as spruce and pine, essential symbols of the festive season, are adapted to thrive in some of the planet’s harshest conditions. Found predominantly in boreal forests, these trees ...

Plants use energy derived from sunlight to form sugars from carbon dioxide and water by the process of photosynthesis. Recent discoveries provide new insights into the control circuit that enables ...

For almost 30 years, researchers have sought to identify a particular enzyme that is involved in regulating electron transport during photosynthesis. A team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in ...

In the recent decade, scientists have paid more attention to studying light harvest for producing novel bionic materials or integrating naturally biological components into synthetic systems.

Two teams of researchers have revealed microscopic details of how oxygen is formed during photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and some bacteria harness sunlight to create the energy ...

The mechanisms underlying the wavelength dependence of the quantum yield for CO₂ fixation (α) and its acclimation to the growth-light spectrum are quantitatively addressed, combining in vivo ...

An international team of scientists has taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, and possibly to cleaner fuels. Plants and algae, as well as cyanobacteria, use ...